Research Article

The Impact of Age and Pathogens Type on the Gut Microbiota in Infants with Diarrhea in Dalian, China

Table 1

The basic clinical information on healthy infants and infants with diarrhea.

CharacteristicHealthy controlsDiarrheic infants

Number of samples3742
GenderMale24 (64.9%)22 (52.4%)
Female13 (35.1%)20 (47.6%)

Age0–120 (days)20 (54.1%)8 (19.0%)
120–180 (days)17 (45.9%)7 (16.7%)
180–270 (days)08 (19.0%)
270–360 (days)019 (45.2%)

PathogenS014 (32.3%)
SA08 (19.0%)
S.SA011 (26.2%)
Others09 (21.4%)

Rash026 (61.9%)